Alice Haldeman
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| Born | June 5, 1853 Cedarville, Illinois |
| Died | March 19, 1915 (aged 61) Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Craftswoman, Banker and Philanthropist |
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Sarah Alice (Addams) Haldeman (June 5, 1853 in Cedarville, Illinois – March 19, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois) was a United States craftswoman, banker and philanthropist. She was the sister of social activist Jane Addams and mother of Marcet Haldeman-Julius.
She was the daughter of John Huey and Sarah (Weber) Addams. Her father was a successful miller and banker in northern Illinois, also serving as state senator from 1856 to 1872. He greatly influenced the policy of the state during the Civil War, to which, as his grandfather, Isaac Addams, had done in the Revolutionary War, he equipped and sent a company. Her first American ancestor was Richard Addams, who emigrated to the colonies from Oxfordshire, England, in 1684 and settled on land which he purchased from William Penn. From him. the line of descent is traced through William and Anna (Lane) Addams; Isaac and Barbara (Ruth) Addams; Samuel and Catherine (Huey) Addams, and John and Sarah (Weber) Addams.
She received her early education in Cedarville, where an academy under the direction of Jennie Forbes had been established by several of the more progressive families. From this school, Haldeman went to Rockford Seminary at Rockford, Illinois, then designated as the Mount Holyoke of the West, and completed the course there at the age of nineteen.
After a year in Europe and the study of art in several American studios, she married Henry Winfield Haldeman, a physician, in 1875. For several years, Henry practiced medicine in Iowa and later when he spent a year in graduate medical work in Philadelphia, Alice took a course at the Woman's Medical College of that city. She was thus fitted to co-operate with her husband in his medical practice, becoming his anesthetist, helping him in operations and acquiring a wide range of knowledge. In 1884, when Henry's health necessitated his retirement from active practice, he and his wife settled in Girard, Kansas, where he engaged in banking. Here one daughter was born to them, Anna Marcet Haldeman, who survived her parents.
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